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  • The Times reports on the wave of protests erupting across South Minneapolis on Wednesday night, "with the police firing tear gas and rubber bullets as people set buildings on fire and looted stores."
  • After the Central Park ramble incident earlier this week, lawmakers across the country are proposing legislation that would criminalize calling police as an act of racial prejudice.
  • The owner of a Staten Island tanning salon said he is planning to reopen today: "In Staten Island, we basically demolished the curve,” he said. “So why are they treating us like prisoners?”
  • Eleven people discuss the difficulties of dating right now.
  • The world is not close to achieving herd immunity from coronavirus.
  • Tony Schwartz, the man who ghostwrote The Art Of The Deal, has written a piece reconsidering what he believes drives Trump, which he says has evolved from "an insatiable narcissistic hunger to be loved, accepted, admired and praised" to a drive "to win at any cost and the end always justifies the means."
  • A giant, 20,000-square-foot memorial to COVID-19 victims is being put up in Queens.
  • Are you really a politician or reporter if you don't have a copy of The Power Broker peeking out behind you when you're on camera?
  • Art In America has a great piece on the Quibi disaster: "Quibi is a cop. It is a promoted tweet with seven likes. It is Beto O’Rourke saying 'fuck.' It is a Covergirl-branded mirror in the elevator of a boutique hotel that says, 'Snap an elevator selfie!'"
  • Starting later today, Radiohead will stream their 1994 concert Live at the Astoria, featuring some of the first officially recorded live performances of The Bends.
  • And finally, Kevin knows what he wants, and how to get it: